A 56-year old Bend doctor has been arrested twice within a three week period and charged with three counts of sexual abuse following allegations by two female patients that he “touched (them) in an inappropriate and sexual manner during the course of a medical examination”, police reported.   Dr. Gilbert Brownell Lee – DCJ photoOn March 6, an unidentified woman reported to Bend Police that Dr. Gilbert Brownell Lee, an internist practicing since 1999 in Suite ... [full story]

Bend Fire officials have labeled yet another fire “human-caused” and referred the case to the police department for investigation.  A fire that began in the kitchen of an unoccupied home in northeast Bend Thursday night is the third suspicious fire in five days which may be arson.  Shortly before 10 p.m. March 29, Bend fire crews were called to 2875 NE Sedalia Loop and found light smoke coming from the home.  When firefighters made entry, ... [full story]

Stillwater Mining, Norilsk Nickel partner on student trip to nation's capitol BILLINGS, Mont. - Fifteen high school students, all children of Stillwater Mining Company employees, will travel to Washington, D.C., on a Close Up Foundation program from March 25-31 to experience U.S. government and policymaking first-hand, Frank McAllister, Stillwater Mining's chief executive officer, announced today. All expenses for the trip were provided by Norilsk Nickel, which made a majority investment in Stillwater almost four years ... [full story]

NEW YORK - Former New York Mayor and Republican presidential nomination hopeful Rudy Giuliani said he "couldn't have a better adviser" than his wife, Judith. Giuliani told ABC's "20-20" that he wouldn't have a problem with his wife sitting in on presidential Cabinet meetings. "If she wanted to. If they were relevant to something that she was interested in. I mean that would be something that I'd be very, very comfortable with," he told "20-20." Judith ... [full story]

Several tips from suspicious northeast Bend neighborhood residents led to the arrest Thursday afternoon of a 27-year old transient on burglary, theft and criminal mischief charges, in addition to an outstanding warrant for parole violation, Deschutes County deputies reported.    Daniel Wesley Mills – DCJ photo About 1:10 p.m., residents near Hyde Lane and Keyte Road in northeast Bend called police to report a suspicious man who appeared to be “casing” homes in the area, Sgt. Dan Bilyeu ... [full story]

SAN DIEGO - A Chula Vista police officer is suing the Police Department and the city, alleging her supervisors pressured her to stop competing in beauty pageants. Officer Deanna Mory, hired in 2005, says police administrators began pressuring her a year ago to stop competing in pageants. The Chula Vista Police Officers' Association, the police union, has filed two lawsuits on her behalf against the city and the department. Mory, 23, said the dispute began ... [full story]

WASHINGTON - President George Bush said that bureaucratic failures caused poor conditions at Washington's Walter Reed Hospital during a visit there Friday. Speaking to hospital staff members, Bush praised the quality of care received by wounded veterans. "The problems at Walter Reed were caused by bureaucratic and administrative failures," Bush said. "The system failed you and it failed our troops. And we're going to fix it." A recent investigation by The Washington Post supported findings of ... [full story]

A 26-year old Sisters man was arrested for drunk driving early Friday morning after his vehicle crossed over the centerline while rounding a curve and crashed into an oncoming pickup, deputies reported. Neither driver was hurt in the collision that happened shortly before 1 a.m. west of Camp Polk Road on Highway 126 in Sisters, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Sgt. Vance Lawrence said.   Jason Johnson – DCJ photo Preliminary investigation determined that Jason Johnson, 27, was traveling ... [full story]

Dominican Republic - Gary Stephen Kaplan was arrested late Wednesday, March 28, in the Dominican Republic, U.S. Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway for the Eastern District of Missouri announced today. The arrest stems from a federal grand jury indictment returned in the Eastern District of Missouri on June 1, 2006. The indictment names Kaplan and 10 other individuals and four corporations. In 22 counts, the indictment alleges that the defendants engaged in racketeering, conspiracy and fraud, ... [full story]

WASHINGTON - A federal judge in Detroit has revoked the U.S. citizenship of John (Ivan) Kalymon of Troy, Mich., because he shot Jews in 1942 while serving in a Nazi-sponsored police unit that helped liquidate a Nazi-created Jewish ghetto in German-occupied Poland, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher for the Criminal Division announced today. U.S. District Judge Marianne O. Battani found that Kalymon served in the 5th Commissariat (later designated the 7th) of the Nazi-operated ... [full story]